gruesome

The film is partially based in reality; the Hayes character is inspired by Martin Donnelly, whose promising career was cut short in 1990 by a gruesome crash.

The clowns on Autumn’s socks are wearing gruesome smiles and wielding wickedly sharp knives, as if threatening me to be emotionally vulnerable.

“But perhaps that’s a bad idea. The old chap came to a gooey, gruesome end, after all. What do you think, Quinzy? Is it bad luck to name the child Edward?”

“I wonder if cannibals keep trophies of their prey, the way I do of mine? That’d be a gruesome end, what?”

Scaling a slippery, snow-capped mountain without the proper equipment can lead to a gruesome end, no matter how thrilling the scenery.